• Health

    Air pollution is still a problem for nearly half of Americans, report finds : NPR

    April 24, 2025 - By 

    A layer of smog lingers above downtown Los Angeles in 2024. Millions of Americans are still breathing in unhealthy air, despite long-term progress toward cleaning up many sources of pollution, according to the 2025 State of the Air report. ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people’s lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new report finds. The report comes as the Trump administration is considering rolling back some…

  • Finance

    Look For These 12 Attic Treasures

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    Image by Lydia Williams Attics are often overlooked and forgotten spaces in many homes. They’re filled with old boxes, forgotten memorabilia, and items you haven’t thought about in years. But what if your attic is actually hiding a treasure trove of valuable items just waiting to be discovered? Many people have turned their attics into unexpected sources of wealth, finding rare antiques, collectible items, and even valuable memorabilia that could bring in hundreds or thousands of dollars. You might be surprised to learn that some seemingly insignificant things tucked away in your attic could make you a small fortune. If…

  • Sports

    Rory McIlroy career perspective obvious at Zurich Classic one year later

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    While the LPGA Tour is seeing its first major of the year kick off this week in the Chevron Championship at The Woodlands, the PGA Tour has one of its more unique offerings not too far away in New Orleans. The Zurich Classic is where the PGA Tour is stopping by this week and its team format is what separates it from any other normal event that we see across the season on an annual basis. Watching the best players in the world go at things in pairs is always fun and different. As if the event didn’t draw you…

  • Fitness

    Do You Need to Be Super Flexible to Become a Yoga Instructor? (Common Myths Debunked) 

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    5 Common Yoga Myths—Busted: What Yoga Really Is and Who It’s For  Yoga has exploded in popularity over the past few decades, becoming a mainstay in gyms, studios, and living rooms around the world. Yet despite its widespread presence, there are still plenty of misconceptions that prevent people from stepping onto the mat or considering a career as a yoga instructor.  Let’s set the record straight.  Whether you’re wondering “Do you have to be flexible to do yoga?” or “Is yoga just stretching?”—this one is for you. We’ll bust five of the most common yoga myths, explain what yoga actually…

  • Sports

    14 govs under Lakas get ‘mission’ from Romualdez in Palace meet

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    GATHERING FORCES Speaker Martin Romualdez, in his message as Lakas-CMD president, calls on party members to help score a landslide victory for the 11-member Alyansa senatorial slate during a meeting held in Malacañang on Tuesday. —Photo from the Office of the House Speaker MANILA, Philippines — With less than a month to go before the May 12 midterm elections, the senatorial slate fielded by President Marcos is counting on the administration’s political machinery to boost its campaign down the stretch, particularly enlisting the support of allied provincial governors. A breakfast meeting in Malacañang presided over by Speaker Martin Romualdez on…

  • Business

    Shell Stock Is Down 11% In April: What’s Going On? – Shell (NYSE:SHEL)

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    Shell PLC SHEL shares fell marginally Wednesday amid an 11.5% slide in April. The company is navigating geopolitical and regulatory challenges as global energy flows and U.S. policy shifts have reshaped the sector in recent weeks. What To Know: In China, once a growing destination for U.S. crude exports, refiners have slashed imports from the U.S. by nearly 90% since 2023, turning instead to Canada’s increasingly accessible oil sands. While Shell does not export significant volumes of U.S. crude to China, this pivot impacts market dynamics Shell operates in, particularly Gulf Coast refining and trading hubs. At the same time,…

  • Finance

    7 Strange Things Your Security System Tracks Behind the Scenes

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    Image by Jakub Żerdzicki Home security systems have come a long way. While many of us still associate them with monitoring burglars, motion detectors, and loud alarms, today’s security systems do far more than just protect against intruders. In fact, many modern systems are packed with technology that tracks all kinds of strange and unexpected things, often without you even realizing it. While your security system might keep you safe, it can also gather data on your daily habits, routines, and even personal behaviors. Some of this data is used to improve system accuracy, while other tracking may leave you…

  • Sports

    The Bears are looking to trade up, and they might have one player in mind

    April 23, 2025 - By 

    With the 2025 NFL Draft just hours away, we have yet to see a trade in the first round. This marks the longest offseason cycle in the modern draft era that we have not seen a trade, since Joe Montana was traded just five days before the 1993 NFL Draft. But that might be about to change. According to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News, the Chicago Bears are calling the teams ahead of them in the first round, looking to move up from the tenth-overall selection on Thursday night. Leonard also notes that “six” teams ahead of…